ATO Depreciation Rates 2023

Table A
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING:
Agriculture:
Grain, cotton, peanut and rice assets:
Tillage assets:
Laser controlled scraping assets:
Buckets10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2007
Transmitters7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jan 2007
Sheep farming:
Instruments for measuring wool fibre fineness, laser type10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2007
MANUFACTURING:
Dairy product manufacturing:
Packaging assets:
Inkjet and laser label printers7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2016
Fruit and vegetable processing:
Dried fruit (other than sun-dried) manufacturing assets:
Quality control and inspection assets:
Colour sorters and laser scanners10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2018
Bakery product manufacturing (non-factory based):
Jelly and sugar lolly making assets:
Cleaners (brush and laser)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2016
Other food product manufacturing n.e.c.:
Frozen pre-prepared food manufacturing assets (including frozen appetisers and finger foods such as dim sims and spring rolls, frozen french fries/potato chips, frozen pizzas and frozen pre-prepared meals):
Packaging and quality control assets:
Coding machines (including laser coding machines)8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2012
Peanut processing assets:
Sorting and sizing assets:
Electronic/laser sorters (including colour sorters)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2009
Printing:
Newspaper printing assets:
Ancillary assets:
Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) (including laser guided vehicles and track mounted automated vehicles)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2007
Paint and coatings manufacturing:
Paint and coatings manufacturing assets:
Filling and packing assets:
Labellers (including laser coders and label applicators)7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2013
Cement manufacturing:
Support assets:
Testing equipment:
Generally (including spectrometers, gas chromatographs, titrators, calorimeters, laser granulometers, photometers, moisture analysers, drying ovens)8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2011
Concrete product manufacturing:
Prefabricated concrete product manufacturing assets:
Automated panel manufacturing assets:
Laser beam alignment systems10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2013
Iron smelting and steel manufacturing:
Hot strip mill assets:
Skin pass mill assets:
Laser systems mill entry5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2010
Walking beam furnace assets:
Tracking lasers (incorporating cables and adapters)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2010
Steel coil roll forming, slitting and blanking and sheet metal forming:
Steel coil roll forming assets:
Closed section laser welders10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
CNC laser cutting units10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
Boiler, tank and other heavy gauge metal container manufacturing:
Sheet metal tanks manufacturing assets:
Laser cutters7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2012
Motor vehicle manufacturing:
Bus and truck manufacturing assets (including bus vehicle body assembling assets and truck body manufacturing assets):
Assembly and body shop assets:
Alignment, positioning and verification assets:
Computer and laser based contact and non- contact devices (including 'Faro arms')10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2011
Trim and final shop assets:
Wheel alignment assets:
Wheel alignment lasers4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2011
Motor car engine assembly and manufacturing assets:
Ancillary and support assets:
Tooling assets:
Electronic and laser tool pre-setting and setting machines (including coordinate measurement machines)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2012
TRANSPORT, POSTAL AND WAREHOUSING:
Other transport support services n.e.c.:
Electronic toll collection assets:
Digital measuring instruments (including vehicle classifiers (laser or infrared) and electronic toll collection readers (radio frequency))4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2005
INFORMATION MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS:
Motion picture and video activities:
Post production video assets:
High definition laser film recorders5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2006
PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SERVICES:
Surveying and mapping services:
Laser detectors/receivers (rod-eye receivers)4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2015
Laser distance measurers/meters (DISTOs)4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2015
Laser levels:
Grade laying (dial-in grade)6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2015
Laser plummets5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Line and plumb/point and cross line4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2015
Pipe laying6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2015
Rotating6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2015
Tunnelling and plumbing6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2015
Laser scanners - 3D (high definition surveying) - ground LIDAR5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Laser scanners - vehicle mounted - ground LIDAR5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE:
Hospitals:
Hospital assets:
Endoscopic surgery assets (excluding disposable accessories):
Endoscopic lasers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2003
Surgical lasers (excluding ophthalmic surgical lasers)10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2003
Pathology and diagnostic imaging services:
Radiologists' diagnostic imaging assets:
Processing assets:
Dry laser imaging processors8 years25.00%12.50%1 Jul 2002
Wet laser imaging processors10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2002
Dental services:
Dentists' assets:
Dental lasers:
Hard tissue and soft tissue lasers7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2003
Soft tissue and whitening lasers7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2003
Soft tissue lasers10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2003
Optometry and optical dispensing:
Optical assets:
Glaucoma diagnostic assets (including ocular coherence tomographs (OCTs), scanning laser ophthalmoscopes and scanning laser polarimeters)5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2004
Ophthalmic surgery assets:
Ophthalmic lasers:
Non-refractive10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jan 2004
Refractive (including eye tracking systems)4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jan 2004
Ultrasound diagnostic assets (including A-scan biometers, A/B scan biometers, B-scan biometers, laser interference biometers, pachymeters and ultrasound biomicroscopes (UBMs))5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jan 2004
OTHER SERVICES:
Funeral, crematorium and cemetery services:
Funeral assets:
Engravers:
Electronic/laser cutters7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2020
Photographic film processing:
Printing assets:
Laser cutters (incorporating laser printing):
Desktop3 years66.67%33.33%1 Jul 2017
Floor mounted7 years28.57%14.29%1 Jul 2017
Table B
NameEffective LifeDiminishing Value RatePrime Cost RateDate of Application
Laser cutting machines10 years20.00%10.00%1 Jul 2014
Levels:
Laser levels:
Grade laying (dial-in grade)6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2015
Laser plummets5 years40.00%20.00%1 Jul 2015
Line and plumb/point and cross line4 years50.00%25.00%1 Jul 2015
Pipe laying6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2015
Rotating6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2015
Tunnelling and plumbing6 years33.33%16.67%1 Jul 2015

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Source: TR 2022/1